Hold'em table

Ace-king offsuit is a strong hand in a 3-handed game, so I raise from the button to build the pot and take initiative.

Q2o is a very weak hand, especially out of position against a button raise. Folding avoids spewing chips with a hand that will rarely connect well postflop.

Pocket sixes are a solid big-blind defense against a button raise at 100bb depth. Calling keeps the pot manageable and retains weaker hands in the opponent’s range while offering good implied odds when we flop a set.

This coordinated, high-card flop favors the preflop raiser, and pocket sixes have little equity when called. Checking avoids inflating the pot while preserving the chance to reach showdown or improve.

Top pair with the ace kicker and a heart flush draw is strong against a checked flop, so betting about two-thirds pot builds the pot for value and charges draws.

Pocket sixes have little equity on this coordinated, three-overcard flop against a substantial continuation bet. With no useful draw or blockers and poor prospects out of position, folding is preferable to calling or bluff-raising.

Weak hand on the button, but taking advantage of position to steal the blinds with a standard raise.

T8 offsuit is too weak to profitably continue against a 2.5bb button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids playing a marginal hand out of position.

Calling the 150-chip difference with 7-6 suited is a reasonable price in a three-way pot where the button opened, and I keep position-independent playability without bloating the pot out of position.

I have a weak hand with a modest diamond draw and a possible 8-high straight draw, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn for free.

We have a gutshot straight draw with no other equity. Checking back allows us to see a free turn and potentially hit our draw, while avoiding a check-raise on this coordinated board.

I hold a made diamond flush (Qd 9d 7d 6d 3d), which is strong, and seat_2 only checked the flop, so I raise for value.

I have no pair and only a gutshot straight draw on a three-flush board; my hand has little equity and folding is best.

Six-deuce offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button without evidence that the blinds overfold. Folding avoids investing chips with poor equity and playability.

Jd8h is a playable suited-less hand in a 3-handed pot; I'll raise from the small blind to take initiative and pressure the big blind, since the button already folded and I have position over the BB heads-up.</br>

Holding 9s6d out of position against a small blind raise, the hand is too weak to defend profitably; folding avoids losing more chips.

On the button with King-4 suited in a 3-handed game, raising to 300 steals the blinds with a reasonable hand and folds out weaker holdings.

Holding 9d5c out of position against a button raise, the hand is too weak to continue profitably in a 3-handed game.

J8 offsuit is a marginal defense against a 3bb button raise and realizes equity poorly out of position. Folding avoids investing more with a frequently dominated hand.

K8o on the button 3-handed is strong enough to open-raise, aiming to steal the blinds or play a heads-up pot in position with initiative.

A4 offsuit is a weak defend against a 2.5bb button raise from the small blind, with poor postflop playability and frequent domination. Folding avoids playing out of position with the big blind still to act.

Queen-jack offsuit is a playable hand, and with the big blind already in and only 150 to call against the button's 250 open, calling keeps the pot cheap while I see a flop heads-up.

I have Q-J high with no pair and no real draw on a 2-5-3 board, so I'll take the free card rather than bet into the button.

I have King-high with no draws on a low, connected board. Opponent's check likely indicates weakness, but my hand has almost no equity if called. Checking back keeps the pot small and allows me to see a free turn, preserving my stack for better spots.

I have top pair (queens) with a Jack kicker, and checking keeps the pot controlled while allowing a free showdown against a preflop raiser's possibly weaker range.

We have King-high with no draw on a board that could have connected with opponent's calling range. Checking gives us a free river card to improve or bluff at a later street, while betting would risk chips with little equity.

We hold a pair of queens on a paired-less board with no clear strong draw, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it against a range that checked twice.

Opponent has checked every postflop street, showing weakness, so a moderate river bluff can fold out ace-high and weak pairs that beat my king-high. I risk 300 to win a 550 pot with no showdown value beyond king-high.

I hold a pair of queens with a jack kicker, which is strong enough to call the river bet of 300 into an 850 pot but too weak to raise against a button who has shown aggression.

J3 offsuit is too weak for a standard button open at 100bb, with poor connectivity and frequent domination when called. Folding avoids investing in a low-equity hand against two live blinds.

Calling the 50-chip completion from the small blind costs little and keeps the hand cheap, even though 5-7 offsuit is weak; folding would surrender the blind for no gain.

AQo is a strong hand in 3-handed play, and we have position on the small blind who limped. Raising builds the pot for value and puts pressure on their weak range.

Seven-five offsuit is a weak hand that is out of position against a 350 raise, so folding avoids putting more chips in with poor equity.